The Flying Dutchman

Opera

Seattle Operas worldwide reputation is based largely on their devotion to, and success with, Wagner. Of his 13 operas, ten are in the standard repertory; Dutchman is the earliest, the tale of a cursed seaman forced to sail the oceans forever until he finds a woman willing to be faithful to him until deathsince this is Wagner and thats what women do, sacrifice themselves for a mans redemption. In this case, itll be clarion soprano Jane Eaglen, with the Dutchman sung by Greer Grimsley, charismatic in SO productions as villains (Scarpia), heroes (Wotan), and guys in between (Puccinis smoldering Sheriff Jack Rance in Girl of the Golden West). Plus therell be barrel-chested mens choruses and the Seattle Symphony storing and thundering under the baton of Asher Fisch.